Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World by Leslie Kern

8 reviews

mangofraiche's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

annainthebooks's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Police brutality

griesgrau's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Spannendes Buch, jedoch zeigt es eher die Misstände auf und arbeitet dabei eher aus der eigenen Perspektive heraus. Interessant wäre eine Fortsetzung des Buches mit intersektionalen Lösungsansätzen.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

milliepaterson's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

amyrandles1's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Racism

dominic_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This was a paradigm-shifting book to me. It got me thinking in totally new ways. I've read a lot of feminist theory, but I've never read anything from geography studies before. This was a great introduction to that area of study. The whole thing is very engaging, and I learned so much.

The idea of the feminist city involves a lot of economic justice work, but it goes far beyond that. It involves looking at city structures that are biased towards cis men. Public transit caters towards the "average commuter" who goes into the city at 9 and leaves at 5 and makes no stops, but gender marginalized people often do care work that requires multiple stops and switching routes. She talks about how gender marginalized people experience the city through their friendships. And she talks a lot about how a feminist city can't just center the most privileged women. Some of the "safety measures" geared towards making white women feel safer (like extra police presence) make the city more dangerous for people of color and homeless people.

This was such an amazing book, and I loved how it got me thinking in new ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, and Racism

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Classism, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Violence, and Stalking

readabilitea's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence